Punic Wars

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PUNIC WARS
The Story of How Rome Expanded 264-146 BC
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EMPIRES PRIOR TO THE WARS
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FIRST PUNIC WAR

• TThe war was fought because both Rome and
  Carthage wanted the island of Sicily.
• PPunic Punicus Phoenicians

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FIRST PUNIC WAR

• CCarthage already had people on the island, but
  Rome wanted to invade and take over.
• RRome did not have a good navy, but needed one to
  fight the Carthaginians.
• TThe war lasted for 20 years, until Rome crushed
  Carthage.

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What is the difference between the two pictures?
Why do you think it took more than 20 years for
the First Punic War to end?
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SECOND PUNIC WAR

• CCarthage had extended its empire into southern
  Spain. This caused unrest in Romewhy?!
• TTo ease Roman tension, the Roman government
  helped Spanish rebels fight back against the
  Carthaginians.
• TTo get back at Rome, Carthage sent their most
  famous, best general to attack Rome

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HANNIBAL!

• Took an army of
• around 50,000 men.
• 6,000 horsemen.
• 37 elephants.
• and crossed the Alps to reach Rome!
• Hannibal suffered large losses while crossing the
  mountains during winter to reach Rome! Almost
  half of the soldiers died and most of the
  elephants.

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SECOND PUNIC WAR

• HHannibal finally reaches Rome.
• HHe meets a Roman army of close to 200,000 men.
• TThe first major battle is at Cannae.

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BATTLE OF CANNAE

• HHannibal wins!
• HHannibal terrorizes Italy for almost 15 years
  while Rome tries everything they can to defeat
  him.
• RRome devises a plan to get Hannibal out of Italy

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SECOND PUNIC WAR

• SScipio Africanus, a Roman general, leads a large
  Roman legion into Carthage.
• HHannibal knows he must return home
• WWhat would you do if you was Hannibal?

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BATTLE OF ZAMA

• SScipio wins! Carthage must give up Spain, their
  navy, and give Rome a lot of gold.
• RRome gets more land and Carthage is no longer a
  threat.

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THIRD PUNIC WAR

• WWhat do you do with someone that you have been
  fighting for almost 100 years already?
• TThey are already weak because you have beaten
  them twice before.
• YYou are a Roman consulwhat do you try to
  persuade to the Senate? Attack and conquer, or
  work with Carthage.

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ROME CONQUERS!

• RRome leads an army into Carthage and
• T- Takes 50,000 men, women, and children as
  slaves.
• B- Burns Carthage to the ground.
• P- Pours salt all over their fields.
• Fand finally
• Rome becomes the largest empire in the world at
  that time.

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ROMAN EMPIRE AFTER THE PUNIC WARS 264-146 BC

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire
• WWatch how the Roman empire grows by using the
  link abovethe numbers in the bottom corner
  represent the time.